- 1. put out of one's misery (transitive, idiomatic, informal) To submit (a person or animal) to euthanasia. (transitive, idiomatic, informal, figuratively) To end or destroy something for the good of the individuals involved in it. (transitive, idiomatic, informal) To give somebody information he/she has been waiting for. Source: ecdict
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idiomaticinformaltransitiveanimaldestroyendeuthanasiafigurativelygivegoodindividualsinformationinvolvedmiserypersonputshesomebodysomethingsubmitwaiting
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